Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-12-14
Letter from CLAYTON.

DEAR TIMEs,-WOuld you like to
hear from us? OF course you would.
Well, here goes, Great is the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. Under the snap of its
whip Clayton is rushing into bustling
railroad town with the speed Of two or
three pairs of seven league boots.
Tracks, curves and switches, are going
down with marvellous rapidity. So in
tricate is some of this work that it APP
pears like a labyrinth through which
the iron horse is made to turn
and twist through many a devious
way, But all is system. Prob
ably the ablest railroad skill in the
country is concentrated right here.
One proof, with others, is the ease and
and celebrity with which everything is
done connected with the business.
This is only attainable with expert
ence. drill and abundance of Money.
! It is possible to succeed in some enter
prises without these, not even except
| ing the last, but not here. Money be-
gets money. A young fortune is wrap
ped up in some of these locomotives,
and they rush in here from all direc-
tons drawing long trains, a dozen or
more a day. An army of employees
will soon center here, and locate homes.
1t will be considered too far to go into
Smvrna to transact bank business, and
the bronzed doors of National are al
ready thought Of Nothing short Of
an earthquake will stop the forward
movement of this town. No collision
will do it. The sheriff is not born that
can place his grip upon the Pennsy.'
This is the stimulus for new houses to
90 up. Acts of incorporation obtained
Streets laid out, raised and graded il
all directions. The saw of the carpen
ter and the brush of the painter are il
demand and have been for more than ;
year. 1t seems children are growing her,
bv contract. In little while an J. with
steeple is added to the old school house
to accommodate the rush.
! The near by forest traders come in
r stare in Open-eyed wonder, make thei
few simple purchases "On tick" ant
/ HE themselves back to there eyries il
, the woods bewildered.
} The social features of life are no
: tagging by any means. Parties, fest
q walls and reunion, are commonly FIRE
r quent. In this respect one of the lead
J., ing citizens celebrated his ArbC
] Wedding" recently quite unexpected
t it happened from the forgetfulnes {
Q his wife creeping into bed with he
a hustle on. OF course, there is as elst
= where, some old fossils who will neithC
It marry, nor give in marriage or in any
g thing else.
o To all intents no one in bushes
d here is more alive to the needs of Clay
toms future than is William p. Wrigh
,e P.B. It may as we'll be remarke
n right now now that p B., means pc
l. feet brick, of which William has son
q 100000 now on hand to meet an ear
o spring trade. Hard burnt arch Brit
l. don't you understand. In the meal
Y, time Hudson & Moore are keeping L
1t their end of the boom" in good lur
t. Der.
ar The stores are improving their stoc
Is and doing their best to keep q
Ds "darkie" trade from monopolizing Il
Mt store stove.
a Jas. l.. Spruanee on the Bayard ira
has already secured a number of fiji
houses and the cannery. Mr.. Spr
anceschiefaim however appears to be
square the streets here from the ia
,r road to meet those of Smyrna if it tax
Ie the next few hundred years to do it.
10 Yours truly,
az LEARN,
he Clayton, DEL, December 18Th, 1887.